Lid-supporter for boxes.



L. G. ISAAGSON & H. MORGAN.

LID SUPPORTBR FOR BOXES.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 24, 1912.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

1 l l I l l* UNITED sTATilis PATENT oirrioii.w

LOUIS C. ISAACSON, OF DENVER, AND HENRY MORGAN, OF CRIPPLE CREEK,COLORADO,

ASSIGNORS TO SAID LOUIS C. ISAACSON, SAMUEL ISAACSON, AND HENRY E.ISAAC- SON, OF DENVER, COLORADO, AND PERCY S. LORIE, OF KANSAS CITY,MISSOURI.

LID-SUPPORTER FOR BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

To all 'whom may concern.'

Be it known that we, Louis C. IsAAosoN and HENRY MORGAN, citizens of theUnited States, residino in city and county of Denver, Colorado, andCripple Creek, Teller county, Colorado, respectively, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Lid-Supporters for Boxes; and wedo declare the following tov be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a pait of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in lid supporters for boxes, beingmore especially intended for supporting lids of cigar boxes in asuitably inclined position when the boxes are set in a show case.

IOur improved device also combines a price tag with a lid supportingarm, the said arm and tag being preferably formed of an integral pieceof material, the material being preferably composed of relatively thinflexible metal adapted to bereadily bent; normally, the price tag andthe lid-'supporting aiin lie in the same plane, whereby they may occupya position parallel with, and close to one end of the cigar box, whenthe latter is closed. IVhen, however, the lid is raised and the arm isemployed forI supporting it at a suitable inclination, the price tag isbent down against the inner surface of t-he open lid, whereby the priceof the cigars contained in the box is readily observed by any one whoglances at the box containing the cigars.

In our improved construction of cifrar lid` supporters, the paperlining. of the 0x is left partially loose at the end where the lidsupporting the arm is connected, whereby, when the lid is in the closedposition and the box is fullof cigars, the lid supporting device, aswell as the price tag, may be separated from the cigars, beinglocatedbetween `the loosened portion of the paper lining and the adjacent endof the box, thus making it practicable to lift the lid supportingdevicev ipivotally connected with the end of the box when the lid isclosed; while the other may be pivotally connected with both the box andthe lid, so that the lid may be opened :and closed, while the lidsupporting device is connected with both the box and lid. In this formof construction, the fastening device which connects the lid-supportingarm with the lid, passes through a slot formed in the said device ofsulicientlength to permit the opening and closing of the lid withoutdetaching the said device therefrom.

Having briefly outlined our improved construction, we will proceedv todescribe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawing in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In this drawing: Figurel is a detail elevation of' one form of ourimproved device. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of la cigarbox, showingthe device applied, the

lid being in the raised position. F ig. 3 is an end elevation of a boxwith the lid inthe same position as m Fig. 2, but with the price tagoccupying a position in the same planeA with the lid-supporting arm.Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 4 4,

Fig. 3. F ig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3,

but on a-smaller scale, illustrating a modified form of the lidsupporting device. Fig.

`6 is a detail view of the form of the lidsupporting device shown inFig. 5.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate one for-m of our improved lid supporting.device, the same consisting. of an a-rm member 6,.and a price tag member4 formed integral therewith. The arm member 6 is provided at itsopposite extremities with small perforations. 7 and 8, respectively.Vhile the device is in use a pivot pin 9, is passed through theperforation 8 in one end of the arm, thence into one end 10, of thecigar box. After this is done, the entire device is folded downwardlyinto a sort of pocket 12, formed between the end ofthe box and the paperlining 13, adjacent to said end, this lining being left loose to allowthe device to be separated from the cigars 14, when the latter arepacked in the box.

lVhen the device is in use, the lid of the box is raised to the desiredinclination, after which a fastening pin 15, is placed through theperforation 7 into one end of the lid of the box, thus supporting thelid at the proper inclination. The price tag 4, is then bent intoContact with the front surface of the lid, thus exposing the price markthereon to view in the cigar case. From this it will be understood thatthe device is formed of relatively thin sheet metal, whereby the pricetag member may be readily bent out of the plane of the arm member 5, andinto engagement with -the front surface of the lid of the box by formingthe device of relatively tough material, the price tag may be bentseveral times vwit-hout separating it from the arm member.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the article which wewill designate by the numeral 16 is of similar construct-ion to thatshown in the other views, that is to say, it is composed of an armmember 17, and a price tag member 18,`formed integral therewith. Oneextremity of the arm member is pivoted, as shown at 19, to one end ofthe cigar box, while the opposite extremity is pivotally connected withthe lid 20 of the box, while the latter is open, by passing a pin 21through a slot 22, formed in the arm 17. This slot is of sufficientlength to permit the lid to be closed, as indicated by dotted lines, inFig. 5, without detaching the device from the lid. The e'xtremity of theslot 22 which is uppermost when the lid is raised, extends a shortdistance toward the price tag member, thus locking the lid againstpossible downward movement through accident. In order to unlock the armand allow the lid to be closed, it is only necessary to push forwardlyon the arm sufficiently to cause the pin 21 to move into the rearextremity of thepart 23 of the slot. Attention is called to the furtherfact, that the arm 14 is curved to facilitate the concealment of thedevice within the box when the lid is in the closed position. In thisform of construction, the price tag is manipulated in the same way as inthe other form of the device, that is to say, by bending it to occupy aposition in contact with the front face of the lid, when the latter israised, while when the lid is in the closed position, the price tagoccupies the same plane as the arm 17, and occupies a position in apocket 12, formed by loosening the paper lining 13, adjacent one end ofthe box.

From the foregoing description, the use and operation of our improveddevice will be readily understood, and need not be further described indetail.

Now having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. The combination with a box and a box lidof a lid supporter composedof a flat, relatively thin arm permanently pivoted at o'ne extremityinside the box end and having means at the other extremity forattachment to the box lid and a relatively wide port-ion near the lastnamed extremity, normally in the same plane with the arm and attached tothe latter by a narrow connection whereby it may be readily bent into aplane substantially at right angles to the arm. 4

2. The combination with a box and a box lid, of a lid supporter composedof an arm provided at its opposite ends with perforat-ions, fasteningdevices for connecting the said arm with the lid and the inner side ofthe end of the box, respectively, the lid extremity of the arm beingequipped with an enlargement forming a price tag, normally lying in thesame plane, but connected with the arm by a reduced portion to permitthe price tag enlargement to be bent into engagement with the face ofthe lid, when the latter is raised, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a box and box lid, of a lid supporter composedof an arm provided at its opposite ends with perforations, fasteningdevices for connecting the said arm with the inner side of the end ofthe box and the lid, respectively, the lid extremity of the arm beingequipped with an enlargement forming a price tag, normally lying in thesaine plane, but connected with the arm by a reduced portion, the boxbeing provided with a lining, and the latter being loosened at the endwhere the lid supporting arm is connected with the box, to allow the lidsupporter tol occupy a position between the end of the box and the saidlining when the box is closed, substantially Yas described.

4. In combination with a cigar box, a price tag having a comparativelylong arm extending fro-m one side of the tag and arranged in the saineplane therewith, the free extremity of said arm being pivoted to the boxend inside the box whereby said tag is adapted to be folded down to lieadjacent said box and on the inner side thereof.

5. In combination with a cigar box, a

price tag having a comparatively long arm In testimony whereof we afliXour Signaextending from one side of the tag and artures in presence oftwo witnesses. ranged in the same plane therewith, the free LOUIS C.ISAAOSON. extremity of said arm being pivoted to the HENRY MORGAN.

5 box end inside the bOX whereby said tag isV Vv'vitnesses to signatureof Louis O. Isaacadapted to be folded down to lie adjacent son:

said boX and on the inner side thereof, the E. BOARDMAN,

connection between said tag and arm being A. EBERT OBRIEN.

comparatively narrow, whereby said tag Witnesses to signature of HenryMorgan: 10 may be readily bent out of the plane of said B. E. TOLMAN,

arm. G. OWENS.

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